Goodfellow Ceramic & Glass Divisionare an award-winning company who supply specialist glass and ceramics for scientific and industrial use.
Goodfellow Ceramic & Glass Division aim is to understand your application and then supply the most appropriate materials or components to meet your needs. Our technical staff are qualified in glass technology and materials science and can, therefore, provide impartial advice and full technical support for your projects.
Development of New Microengineering Techniques
Anchor The continuing drive towards miniaturisation of electro-mechanical devices and mobile communication devices has lead to the development of new micro engineering techniques. Technical Glass has helped new and existing customers realise new products requiring combinations of glass, sapphire and ceramic components.
New Materials Integrating Glass, Sapphire and Ceramic Components
Anchor Precision ground and polished quartz (very low thermal expansion coefficient) rods have been used where extreme dimensional stability was required. Sapphire balls are routinely available accurate to sub micron tolerances. Using these balls allowed an easy and effective way of spacing components whilst also providing electrical insulation. Alumina ceramic material was chosen, rather than plastics, because of its creep resistance and other properties. These parts ranged from discs 2 mm diameter x 0.3 mm thick to machined components 8 mm x 5 mm x 3.5 mm, with 0.3 mm diameter holes and a 0.25 mm wide slot.
Small world, big problems solved using glass and ceramic, the Technical Glass way!
About Goodfellow
Goodfellow supplies metals, ceramics and other materials to meet the research, development and specialist production requirements of science and industry worldwide.
The Goodfellow group consists of four companies. The main administration, research laboratories and workshops are located at the Company's headquarters in Cambridge, England. The subsidiary offices in America, France and Germany provide an additional service.
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